http://www.CPACareerCoach.com Jonathan Milligan Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:12:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/a-sample-thank-you-letter-after-interview-you-can-use/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/a-sample-thank-you-letter-after-interview-you-can-use/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:50 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2614 So, the interview is all over and you really want the job. What’s next? Should you be aggressive? Should you lay low for a little while so you do not look desperate? This is something that you will always have to balance. You want to be somewhere in the middle. You want to come across [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/a-sample-thank-you-letter-after-interview-you-can-use/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/4-of-the-best-part-time-jobs-for-students/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/4-of-the-best-part-time-jobs-for-students/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:51:55 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2591 You’re in school, and you’re there to study, get good grades, and earn your degree. That’s priority number one. But you also need some money. Perhaps you don’t get enough financial aid. So you need to pay for rent, buy textbooks, or buy groceries. Or maybe you just want some extra cash to spend on [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/4-of-the-best-part-time-jobs-for-students/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/the-best-job-search-websites-for-accountants/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/the-best-job-search-websites-for-accountants/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:51:03 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2551 Here is a brief rundown of what I consider to be the best job search websites for accountants. I get asked this question from time to time so I thought I would take a moment and write out the list along with a brief explanation. As you hear me say often, you should not make [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/the-best-job-search-websites-for-accountants/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-conduct-a-long-distance-job-search/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-conduct-a-long-distance-job-search/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:09:28 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2536 In a recent coaching call I was asked about how to conduct a long distance job search. I have seen this situation many times over the course of my recruiting career. If you have ever held a job in one state and desire to move to another state, then you know the inherent challenges that [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-conduct-a-long-distance-job-search/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-find-company-reviews-by-employees/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-find-company-reviews-by-employees/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:06:21 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2350 Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to peek behind the closed doors of a potential employer? After all, don’t we want to know what it is really like to go to work for a particular company? Wouldn’t it be great to read company reviews by employees? How do the employees rate their employer when [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-find-company-reviews-by-employees/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/filling-the-employment-gaps-how-volunteering-can-help/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/filling-the-employment-gaps-how-volunteering-can-help/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:55:13 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2345 Below is a great guest post about the value of volunteering and how to best handle employment gaps. I often say that being active when unemployment is very important not only to your mental psyche but also to you job search. I hope this article is helpful to you. You’ve gone on countless number of [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/filling-the-employment-gaps-how-volunteering-can-help/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-use-google-local-to-find-lots-of-employers-in-your-area/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-use-google-local-to-find-lots-of-employers-in-your-area/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:53:37 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2260 Oftentimes you will hear me say that one of the missing “skills” of most career professionals today is awareness. Specifically I am referring to the employers that are located right inside of your city. Sure you know about the big employers, but what about the smaller ones? Did you know that the overwhelming majority of [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-use-google-local-to-find-lots-of-employers-in-your-area/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-beat-unemployment/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-beat-unemployment/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:08:37 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2216 During these tough economic times, joblessness is common, and getting a new job can take months, even for highly qualified candidates. During these long months of unemployment it is easy to doubt yourself, whether you are doing everything you can, or whether you’ll ever find a job again. As much as we try to separate [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-beat-unemployment/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/help-me-find-a-job-in-my-area/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/help-me-find-a-job-in-my-area/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:16:00 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2131 Help me find a job in my area! This was the plea of a recent of job searcher that was on a coaching call with me. There is a lot of advice out there today about the job search process. At the time of this writing, the national unemployment rate is hovering  around 9% and [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/help-me-find-a-job-in-my-area/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-find-the-best-entry-level-accounting-and-finance-jobs/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-find-the-best-entry-level-accounting-and-finance-jobs/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:23:38 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=2085 Success Magazine recent published some alarming statistics related to the under-25 age group. The current unemployment rate for the under-25 group is at 54%. Over 84% of college graduates are moving back in with their parents and accepting positions with low pay that do not require a degree. Although I am just one person, I [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-find-the-best-entry-level-accounting-and-finance-jobs/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-look-for-a-job/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-look-for-a-job/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:41:03 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=1985 I was recently on the phone with a coaching client and his main struggle was that he sincerely did not know how to look for a job. Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t because he has been lazy and never worked, but that all of the jobs up to this point had come to him. [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-look-for-a-job/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-get-your-resume-to-rank-in-google/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-get-your-resume-to-rank-in-google/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:28:52 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=1890 What you may not realize is that there are employers and recruiters who like to use Google to search for candidates for their open jobs. Do you show up in the search results. If you are a CPA in Atlanta, wouldn’t be nice if you showed up in the top results for “CPA Resume Atlanta” [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/how-to-get-your-resume-to-rank-in-google/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/3-ways-to-find-local-job-listings-in-my-area/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/3-ways-to-find-local-job-listings-in-my-area/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:58:53 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=1884 In a recent meeting with a local job searcher I was asked, “How do I find local job listings in my area?” he was not referring to the large online job boards but want to know some other ways of tapping into job openings for smaller companies that may not advertise on either CareerBuilder or [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/3-ways-to-find-local-job-listings-in-my-area/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/jobs-on-craigslist/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/jobs-on-craigslist/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:54:03 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=1881 Today, I want to discuss a well-known site called CraigsList. For those that aren’t familiar with it, the site started as a big free online classifieds website. It has evolved over time and includes much more including job postings. The question we are going to explore today is: “Are jobs on Craigslist worth my time?” [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/jobs-on-craigslist/feed/ 0 http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/indeed-job-search/ http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/indeed-job-search/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:06:29 +0000 Jonathan http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/?p=1797 There are many online job tools that you can use when searching for a job. While I do not believe the majority of your job search strategy should be focused on just searching the online job boards, I still think it should be a part of your strategy. Just realize that only about 18 % [...]]]> http://www.CPACareerCoach.com/indeed-job-search/feed/ 0